TEST 8

1. USE THE CORRECT TENSE-FORMS OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

Technique-type: form-building

When I first came to England, television 1) (to be) still а kind of entertainment and not а national disease. During the happy war years it 2) (to be) off the air altogether but afterwards it 3) (to return) with а vengeance.

Television, however, slowly 4) (to conquer) – in varying degree – all layers of society and, whether we 1ike it or not – it 5) (to come) 6) (to stay).

I have watched innumerable statesmen 7) (to board) and 8) (to leave) aeroplanes with heavy, meaningful faces and always 9) (to astonish) 10) (to find) that the same commonplace remark can 11) (to express) in so many different ways. During our strikes I listened to trade union leaders and employers on Mondays and 12) (to impress) 13) (to learn) that in matters of principle no giving up could be 14) (to make) possible; only to be told on Wednesdays that their refusing from these principles was victory for common sense and a true service to the society. …

I have heard many politicians 15) (to explain) that defeat is victory. I like the programme ‘Brains Trust’ – its poets and decorators who 16) (to be) able 17) (to say) an important opinion on every subject under the sun without a moment’s reflection. I 18) (to be) fond of 19) (to watch) people in Tanganyika or Madagascar 20) (to catch) rats, snakes and worms for pets.

2. PUT IN ARTICLES WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: gap-filling

After 1) a / the / – much consideration my decision was made. I was going back to 2) a / the / – school. Yes indeed. I was off to university in two

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months’ time, settling down for four more years behind a book. But how could I go back to _____ school after I had just achieved my hard earned freedom? From 3) a / the / – television to term papers, from relaxation to research. Who would make that move? I did. And so did almost all 4) a / the / – friends who had done 5) a / the / – diploma dance with me only two months earlier. No one forced us to, but after high school came university, and that’s just 6) a / the / – way it worked. It was expected.

University was much less restrictive than high school, and I was free to skip 7) a / the / – lectures and ______ classes if I wanted to. Unfortunately, this freedom was not really free. If I wanted to achieve, my main freedom was going to have to be 8) a / the / – freedom to choose which 9) a / the / –

3. PUT IN PREPOSITIONS WHERE NECESSARY

Technique-type: multiple choice

5)Don’t put these papers into the folder. Keep them ________ for Mr. Brothlen to see.

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4. PUT THE SENTENCES IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THE TEXT

5.USE THE WORD GIVEN IN THE BOX AT THE END OF THE LINE TO FORM A WORD THAT FITS THE GAP

WITH THE SAME NUMBER

Technique-type: word-building

А 1) ______________ by telephone – when you are 2) ____________ sitting by and not taking any part in that 1) ______________ – is one of the 3) ____________ of this modern life. Yesterday I was writing а serious article on а 4) ___________ subject while а 1) ____________

was going on in the room. ... Well, the thing began in this way. А member of our household came in and asked me to have our house put into

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5) ___________ with Mr. Bagley’s. I have observed, in many cities, that women, as a rule, do not like to call up the 6) ____________ office 7)______________. I don’t know why, but they don’t…

(from “A Telephone Conversation” by M. Twain)

6. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS INTO ENGLISH

Technique-type: gap-filling

Julia soon discovered that he did not much like 1) тратить money, and when they ate а meal together, or on а Sunday went for а small 2) экскурсию, she took care to pay her 3) долю of the expenses. She did not mind this. She liked him for 4) подсчитывание the pennies, and, 5) будучи склонной to be extravagant herself and always а week or two behind with her rent, she 6) восхищалась him because he hated to be in debt and even with the small 7) заработной платой he was getting managed to save up а

little every week. Не was 8) обеспокоенным to have enough put by so that when he went to London he need not accept the first part that was offered him, but could afford to wait till he got one that gave him а real chance. His father had little more than his pension to live on and it had been а 9) жертва to send him to Cambridge. His father, not liking the idea of his going on the stage, had 10) настоял on this.

(from “Theatre” by W. S. Maugham)

7.FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE TEXT CHOOSING THE BEST VARIANT GIVEN AFTER THE TEXT

Technique-type: cloze-test

Finance and Management

Public intervention in education can 1)___________ inequality, open opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged, compensate 2) ____________

market failures in lending for education, and make information about the benefits of education more generally 3) ____________. But public spending on education is often inefficient and inequitable. It is inefficient when it is misallocated among competing uses; it is inequitable when qualified potential students are unable to 4) ___________ in institution because educational opportunities are lacking or because of their 5) ___________ to pay. Present systems for financing and managing education often 6) ___________ to meet

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these challenges. Public financing, moreover, is becoming more difficult to provide as enrolments expand.

Basic education 7) ____________ to be the priority for public spending on education in countries that have yet to achieve nearly universal enrolment at the primary and lower-secondary 8) ___________. Most countries are already allocating the highest share of public spending on education to primary schools. Public spending on primary education generally favours

9)____________ the poor, but public spending on education as a whole often favours 9) _______________ the affluent because of heavy subsidization of the upper-secondary and higher education levels, which usually have relatively

10)_______________ students from poor families.

There is no theoretically appropriate proportion of national income or public spending that should be devoted 11) ____________ education. Some countries 12) ____________ spend very little on education could, of course, dramatically 13) _______________ results simply by increasing public spending. In many countries, however, education could be improved with the same – or even smaller – amounts of public spending by focusing on the lower levels of education and increasing internal efficiency, as has 14) __________________ in 15) __________________ East Asia.

8.SPOT ONE ERROR IN EACH SENTENCE AND WRITE DOWN THE CORRECT SENTENCE

Technique-type: error-correction

800 miles off the Hawaiian coast, an oil tanker was caught in the fire, and the blaze moved so quickly that the captain didn’t have time to radio for help.

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Fortunately an american cruise ship was nearby, and the entire crew was rescued.

But as the cruise ship began sailing away, anyone heard barking coming from the tanker.

The tanker’s captain realized that his dog, a small brown and white terrier named Hokget, had been left on the board.

When the cruise reached the port, passengers immediately alerted the Humane Society about the missed dog.

Soon the news medias was winging the story all around the world, and checks began pouring in.

One check was for $5,000. Public pressure was so great that the US Navy and Coast Guard send ships and planes to find Hokget.

Eventually he was rescued alife and returned safely to Hawaii.

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It has been evaluated that millions of dollars were spent in recovering that one little terrier.

9.COMPLETE THE TEXT CHOOSING THE WORD FOR EACH GAP FROM THE BOX

Technique-type: gap-filling

it’s nice to meet you / well / it’s great / a kind of / yeah, I have / yep / off to / not really / nope / I’d like to / but / I thought / what’s it like? / what about her? / where are you going? / that sounds good / too / thanks a lot / in fact / I’m not sure / maybe you’re right / all right / you’re right / I’m sure / I guess so

Heidi: John! 1) ______________________________. John: I have a class. I’m late.

Heidi: 2) _________________________, it’s lunch time.

John: Oh, 3) _________________________. My watch must be wrong. Heidi: Let’s have lunch.

John: 4) ____________________. Heidi: What did you do last night?

John: I went to Lucy’s place. She made Korean food. It was really tasty. Have you ever had Korean?

Heidi: 5) ____________________. I’ve had it lots of times. It’s really

7) ______________________.

John: 8) __________________________. It’s my favourite. It’s spicy with beans and meat and salad and cheese and tortillas.

Heidi: What are tortillas?

John: A tortilla is a kind of bread. It’s 9) ______________________ bread that you get in Mexico. It’s flat.

Heidi: Have you ever been to Mexico?

John: 10) __________________________. But I’d love to go. Heidi: So where did you have Mexican food?

John: 11) ______________________, I’ve had it in Australia and I had it in Japan once too.

Heidi: Where did you have it in Japan?

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John: I had it in Kyoto. There is a nice little Mexican Restaurant in North Kyoto. It’s called La Cucaracha. I found it one night. It was really good and it wasn’t very expensive. It was really authentic too. The cook had

Lucy: What are you going to do?

Heidi: I don’t know. I can’t decide. I really like education but I don’t know what to do.

Lucy: Do you want to be a teacher?

Heidi: 24) _______________________. I didn’t like my teachers at school. I don’t want to be a teacher.

Lucy: What do you study?

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